In one photo of the old agricultural fair's harness racing event, you can see the judges' stand draped with an advertisement for the Bremen Opera House production The Silent Witness, by Forbes Heermans (apparently attributed to Horace C Dale by... Continue Reading →
In 1909, a building was removed to make room for a new hotel built by Peter E Dietrich, a building which today houses the Bremen Senior Living apartments and the Bremen History Center. The old building was moved to N... Continue Reading →
The Enquirer published this little pre-Valentine tale January 30, 1886. How much of it is true is impossible to tell. The postmaster at the time was John Bauer, Jr., who would have been 49. As a reminder that Bremen was... Continue Reading →
1971 - Kerry Sullivan(?) runs the ball against the Panthers A photo from the Bremen Enquirer collection. You can see others from the 1970s and '80s in the Flickr album.
In 1898, America fought the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and islands in the Pacific, leading to further action in the Philippines and then the so-called Banana Wars in South and Central America. This introduced many Americans to Latin... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen board member and woodworking, botany, and photography enthusiast Keith Board has passed away. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his wife Patty and son Brandon and other family and friends. Keith had a passion for architecture and history... Continue Reading →
More than 50 photos from the Richard D Huff family are now available on our Flickr account. These were generously donated some years ago along with a binder of recipes. Dick Huff (1899-1980) belonged to the farming Huffs and not... Continue Reading →
More than 150 photos from the Otho and Gertrude [Nufer] Huff family are now available on our Flickr account. These were generously provided by the Steve Huff family for scanning and include some related family and friends. Otho Huff was... Continue Reading →
November 11, 1918 was the day the First World War came to a merciful end. More than 200 area boys had served in the military, many in the fields of France and Flanders, and several never returning. In 1943, in... Continue Reading →
Huff and Nufer families from all over the country got together on Sunday, November 4, to share photos, family trees, and memories of past relatives, many of whom lived in Bremen. Part of that family ran the Huff furniture store... Continue Reading →
More than 200 photos from the Hans and Nufer family are now available on our Flickr account. Most of the collection was the property of Ernestine [Hans] Loughran, whose mother was a Nufer, and donated by Becky Nufer. The collection... Continue Reading →
In 2014, Charles Schramm gave a talk at the history center on the history of Woodie's Food Mart, which started downtown on West Plymouth Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6NHadT2lQ&t=12s
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